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[–] don@lemmy.ca 51 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What’ll really bake your noodle later on is the wax is made from honey.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I mean, the whole bee is, if you think about it

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you want to make a bee from scratch, you must first invent the universe

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It's bees all the way down

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 month ago

Calm down Sagan.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago

Whoa hey now, you're not going to get me to think that easily

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

Mostly pollen actually. The honey is just the fuel.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sort of like how the spit in your mouth, the tears in your eyes, the snot in your nose, etc is primarily made of filtered blood.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Evolution does not create from nothing, it repurposes and modifies what's on hand.

[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

I don't know how I feel about this new revelation

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I never really thought about it but bees are fuckin weird

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

👋😬

Hi. So.. how do bees work? Eli5

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

First they go to the unembeeployment office to see where they'd benefit the hive